A Lotta Love for Lombard

I drove west this morning to renew my driver's license.  I started going to the facility in Lombard when I lived in Elmhurst and I've continued going there even from Chicago.  I've never regretted the trip.  The people are so friendly and make sure the seniors go through the process seamlessly.

It was very crowded but the only wait was about 20 minutes to start the driving test through the side streets with no traffic.  I was in and out in about an hour and a half.

I hope Jessie White enjoys his retirement.  And, I hope that whoever replaces him will continue to provide such excellent service.

My Private Fossil

I went down to my storage locker yesterday.  I wanted to retrieve the inflatable mattress in anticipation of Diego’s arrival next week. I can’t remember the last time I visited the locker.  But then, this story is about “I can’t remember.”

As I was digging through my pile of “stuff”, I was shocked to find a beautiful little rug.  The design is a vivid American Indian one: red, black and white.  The shock was that I couldn’t remember where it came from.  Of course, I brought it upstairs with the mattress.

Slowly, the story of the rug seeped into my consciousness.  It was from the time when I visited Arizona frequently.  I actually rented a little house there once.  I am sure now that I bought the rug at the gift shop in the Heard Museum in Phoenix.  Now I think of it as new, new, new.  A colorful addition to my space.

There are boxes in my locker whose contents remain a mystery.  I think I will unearth the fossils one by one.

My "No TV" Life

 

I watch a lot of TV.  Mostly sports and news shows.  Occasionally I hook up with a program.  Not now.  Not at all.  My cable connection disappeared and the solution is so far undiagnosed and thus untreated.  A technician isn't scheduled to arrive until next week.

And this is my happiest TV time!  NBA playoffs and a hot White Sox team.  But I'm managing to get the news I want to know.  Suns trounced the Lakers last night.  LeBron walked off the court five minutes early.  The Sox staged a valiant come back in the ninth against Cleveland but fell short by one run.  Israel may get rid of the "bad guy" because people of different political persuasions are getting together for the "good of the country." Here, some of us are still lamenting the afterlife of slavery while others demand the hierarchy remain in place.

I am reading a lot and watching movies on Netflix.  Life is good.  Did I miss anything?